Colin Rimer


Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer is a former judge of the English Court of Appeal; he retired in 2014.

Education

He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Legal career

Rimer was called to the bar in 1968 and made a Bencher in 1994. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a High Court [judge (England and Wales)|Justice of the High Court] on 3 October 1994 and was assigned to the Chancery Division. On 1 October 2007, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal, on the retirement of Robin Auld. He retired on 7 October 2014.

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